We dealt in information ... the real poop. Our aim was to combat the know-nothing, open-mouth nonsense that sometimes passed for political punditry in Manitoba and sometimes we strayed into gossip, but only if it was really good.

Thursday, July 13, 2006

With news of Bell Globemedia's purchase deal of CHUM and the subsequent gutting of CHUM stations with reams of pink slips being handed out, including CityTV in Winnipeg, the prospect for news coverage in Manitoba got significantly dimmer.

Rivaling CBC in 6 pm news ratings (CBC's viewership continuing to fall with gains made by all other competitors) the former MTN/A-Channel station had a unique position among its competitors: it simply covered the news, with no apparent axes to grind or underlying agenda.